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Agriculture

Culture

In rural U.S., a veterinary crisis

By Staff Report | September 13, 2010

The United States Department of Agriculture is stepping into one of the more perplexing situations facing rural America today: a shortage of large animal veterinarians.

Science

The world of food … on a chart

By Newsdesk.org Staff | July 23, 2010

Graphic artists at ShiftN.com. have attempted to visualize the human food system, creating a chart—or map—of the myriad factors that make up the whole process.

Science

Algae could combat hunger

By Natalie Orenstein | July 13, 2010

Heralded by scientists as a near-miracle food, a protein-rich algae has potential to abolish malnutrition.

Economy

U.S., Viet ‘Catfish Wars’ heat up (again)

By Newsdesk.org Staff | May 27, 2010

The so-called “Catfish Wars,” pitting U.S. catfish farmers against Asian producers since 2002, is heating up.

Economy

Save the African forests; be a butterfly farmer

By Newsdesk.org Staff | April 28, 2010

People in the Kakamega Forest in western Kenya have found a way to save their shrinking woodlands and make a living at the same time, all on the wings of a butterfly. Literally.

Environment

Icelandic animals are feeling the hurt

By Newsdesk.org Staff | April 20, 2010

Livestock, birds and other animals are enduring extreme hardship in southern Iceland, where the cloud of Eyjafjallajökull’s toxic volcanic ash threatens their very lives.

Democracy & Civics

Paraguay Amerindians get their day in court

By Newsdesk.org Staff | April 19, 2010

Seething members of the Xákmok Kásek indigenous community in Paraguay asserted before an international court this month that they were slowly being squeezed out of existence.

Environment

A grasshopper plague is at hand in U.S.

By Newsdesk.org Staff | March 30, 2010

In 1985, a similar infestation devoured corn, barley, alfalfa, beets—even fence posts and the paint off the sides of barns, causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damage.

Democracy

A Grassroots Battle over Biotech Farming / Local initiatives target genetic engineering

By Newsdesk.org Staff | October 12, 2004

By Robert J. MullinsHaving failed at the federal level, activists around the U.S. seek to block genetically modified agriculture one county at a time.

Culture

Farmers Neglected at Home and Abroad / Critics trade blame over subsidies, WTO

By Newsdesk.org Staff | December 15, 2003

By Michael StandaertAgricultural subsidies — intended to save rural communities and feed the world’s billions — are blamed for poverty, hunger and environmental destruction.

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